Author Profiles

Maribeth Crandell has over 20 years of experience as a hiking guide in the Pacific Northwest. For decades she's made Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands her home. She hiked the Appalachian Trail and wrote her memoir Flip Flop on the Appalachian Trail. Now she shares some of her favorite local trails with you in Hiking Close to Home.
Jack Hartt worked for Washington State Parks for 40 years. He was manager of Deception Pass State Park for 14. Now retired, he is involved in Skagit Land Trust, Anacortes Community Forest Lands and Transition Fidalgo. He's published other books available on Amazon. 

Hiking Close to Home (paperback)

$25.00

Whidbey, Fidalgo and Guemes Island offer great places to explore with bluffs and beaches, forests and fields, wetlands, wildflower walks and lovely lakes. This 2022 Edition is a guide to 70 trails for any ability level. Some will challenge sure footed folks. Others are good for a relaxing walk with a baby stroller. There are full color photos, maps, descriptions and directions for each hike. It also shows which trails are accessible by bus, which are wheel friendly and which are dog friendly.

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Flip Flop on the Appalachian Trail

$12.00

Have you always wanted to do something but never got around to it? Maribeth wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail since she was a kid. She waited almost four decades until the time was right. Hike along with her for over 2,000 miles through snow storms, heat waves, wildlife encounters, and the scariest animal of all, her fellow man.


Maribeth started hiking north from Georgia with a migration of thru-hikers all the way to New York State. Then, after taking the summer off to work, she started again from Maine and headed south for a more solitary experience on what is called a         Flip Flop on the Appalachian Trail.

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Hiking Close to Home is available at these local stores:
Madrona Supply Co., 8754 Highway 525, Clinton
Moonraker Books, 209 First Street, Langley
Wild Birds Unlimited, 5565 Van Barr Place, Freeland
Kingfisher Bookstore, 16 Front Street NW, Coupeville
Fort Casey State Park office, 1280 Engle Road, Coupeville
Three Sisters Market, 779 Holbrook Road, Coupeville
Whidbey Farm & Market, 1422 N. Monroe Landing Road, Oak Harbor 
Wind & Tide Books, 790 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor
Whidbey Wild Birds, 860 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor
Deception Pass State Park entrance store, Oak Harbor
Watermark Bookstore, 612 Commercial Ave. Anacortes
Seaport Books, 106 First Street, La Conner